Analysis of Southeast Asian pollution episode during June 2013 using satellite remote sensing datasets

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 195, Issue , 2014, Pages 245-256

  Vadrevu, Krishna Prasad ^a   Lasko, Kristofer ^a   Giglio, Louis ^a   Justice, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; CO; Haze; Indonesia; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; COBALT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HAZE; INDONESIA; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRAJECTORY MODELING;

AEROSOLS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT;

AEROSOL; CARBON MONOXIDE; HAZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

AEROSOL ABSORPTION OPTICAL DEPTH; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINE MODE FRACTION; FIRE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; INDONESIA; LAND CLEARING; MALAYSIA; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; TREND STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET AEROSOL INDEX; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; RIAU; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; THAILAND;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACECRAFT; THAILAND;

EID: 84925284305     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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